HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
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Rotary Club Buys Our Gilts to Give Farm Boys 
The Rotary club of Shenandoah decided this winter that, since they had one of the 
best herds registered Spots in the country, right in tow n, they should do something 
about it. So they arranged a deal whereby they bought 7 fine bred-gilts from us 
and gave 1 to each of the 6 farm boys. These boys are to give 2 pigs back to the 
Rotary Club at 200 lbs. if they wean 0; or 1 pig, if they wean 5 or less. There’s a 
deal nobody loses at. 
The day we gave the pigs away was 20° below. That accounts for the ear muffs 
on Alfalfa John over on the right end of the line. (Right end of the row of men, 
of course.) 
Mrs. Field Goes Visiting 
Here’s a picture I snapped of Mrs. Field 
out one day last fall looking over the fine 
crop of our fall pigs on the Sleepy Hollow 
farm. Myl they were a healthy lot and 
they’ve kept that way all winter. 
These pigs were sired by Diamond X, 
Diamond N, and Jumbo and are about the 
finest lot of big, growth pigs now you 
could own. They’re priced in three 
groups: $12.50, $15, and $20 each or un¬ 
related trios at $35, $40, and $50. 
Come See Our Herd 
You folks who like to see good live¬ 
stock well kept, I hope you come see our 
herd of Spots. Naturally we’re proud of 
it, but I don’t think you can find a finer, 
healthier, better-kept, better bred bunch 
of Spots in the country. 
Folks come from all over to visit the 
herd and pick out just what they want, 
but if you can’t come, we can take care 
of you by mail and what’s more guarantee 
to please you or no trade. We do an 
enormous business by mail and haven’t 
had one complaint yet. You tell us what 
you want, what you have in mind, what 
you think is the right price and we’ll 
break our neck trying to find just the 
pig you’re looking for. So send your let¬ 
ters along and let’s see if we can trade. 
Pleased with Our Gilt 
Selling pigs sight unseen, some folks 
say can’t be done. But it can and we do it 
every day of the year. What’s more we 
please 100% or there’s no trade. Here’s 
what one man said: 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
“/ recently bought one of your Spotted Po¬ 
land China gilts and l am more than 100% 
pleased with her for buying her sight unseen. 
“Some of my friends and neighbors have 
seen her and they say, ‘Gosh, what a nice gilt/ 
Boy, she sure is. One thing I noticed about 
her is, she is very gentle and not a bit hard to 
handle. I am going to call her Sugar as short 
for your famous Sugar Lump melons we had 
last year.”—Wilbur Pluckhahn, Carroll, Iowa. 
P. S. Our Express agent remarked he never 
saw such a dandy pig. 
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Those who deny the possibility of per¬ 
petual motion have never lived in a house 
where there are small boys. 
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A heated argument only produces one 
thing—coolness. 
Gilts and Tried Sows for 
March, April, May Farrows 
These gilts and sows have been well 
grown out and are in ideal condition now 
for spring farrow. They have been fed 
a balanced ration containing lots of oats, 
shorts, alfalfa meal, and “Economy min¬ 
eral conditioner.” We have nearly 100 
head to select from and they have been 
mated with some of the best boars in the 
spotted Poland China breed. 
Many of them are bred to Foremost, 
the 1939 World’s Junior Champion, 
others to Spotted Diamond, a blocky, fine, 
breed boar, a favorite son of the Famous 
Diamond X. Other herd boars used were 
Thickset Design and Field’s Wonder. 
Most of these gilts weigh over 300 
pounds. A few of these gilts are not that 
large because they were farrowed later 
last spring and we have priced them as 
low as $30.00. Others are priced at 
$35.00, $40.00, $45.00, and $50.00 each. 
Weanling Pigs $10 to $15 
For delivery from May 15th on, we 
have a number of litters already thriftily 
growing that will be 10 weeks old by May 
15th, when they will also have been 
weaned and vaccinated a nd ready to ship 
to you. These pigs will be mothered by 
the finest group of sows we have ever had, 
and sired by Foremost, World’s Junior 
Champion, 19 39, Spotted Diamond, Thick¬ 
set Design, Field’s Wonder and other 
good boars. We have them in three price 
groups: $10.00 each, $12.50 each, and 
$15.00 each, or unrelated trios in the 
same price ranges at $27.50, $35.00, and 
$40.00. Here is your chance to get start¬ 
ed right with pure bred hogs at give away 
prices, and by the time they are grown 
out ready to raise pigs, you will find the 
market a lot higher than it is now, and 
they’ll make you real money. 
Fall Pigs $35 to $50 
Gilts and boars sired by Diamond X, 
Diamond N and Jumbo. These are now 
big, healthy pigs you can be proud to 
own; a chance to get in on well grown 
out pure breds at what would normally 
be just market price. We have them 
priced in three groups—$12.50 each, 
$15.00 each, and $20.00 each. 
Unrelated trios in the same price 
groups at $35.00, $40.00, and $50.00. 
Our New Hereford Hogs 
Lots of you have never seen Hereford 
Hogs. They are the new breed of red hog 
with white faces and white legs. Same 
general markings as Hereford cattle. 
They have been especially selected and 
developed for a low, blocky, quick matur¬ 
ing type; the kind that is the delight of 
every farmer who wants to raise hogs and 
get them on the market at around 190 
to 210 lbs. at the lowest possible cost and 
yet well finished. We have a few bred 
gilts at $40.00 and $50.00 each. 
We have a very few select Hereford fall 
boars and gilts at $18.00 to $22.50 each. 
By the time you read this, we may still 
have a few weanlings spring pigs we can 
quote for May 15th and June 1st delivery 
at $12.50 and $15.00 each, but a lot of 
these have already been spoken for, and 
we don’t have nearly as many of them to 
start with as we do of the Spots. But if 
you want to get started in with some 
young ones cheap and grow into a good 
herd, write to us and we’ll do our best. 
We Feed Economy Mineral 
Most of you know we have one of the 
biggest stock powder companies in the 
business right here in Shenandoah. It’s 
the Economy who make the Economy 
minerals. I know you’ll be interested to 
know that besides lots of oats, shorts, 
and alfalfa meal all our pigs have plenty 
of Economy mineral conditioner. We use 
it regular and recommend it highly to you 
other feeders. 
